Tim Kaine

OMB Removes Legal References to Federal Worker Back Pay Guarantees

2025-10-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The Office of Management and Budget quietly deleted statutory back pay guarantees from government shutdown guidance, signaling possible denial of restitution to 620,000 furloughed federal workers despite a 2019 law requiring it. OMB issued a memo arguing Trump lacks legal obligation to provide back …

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Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road Dark Web Drug Marketplace Founder

2025-01-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On his second day in office, President Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, who was serving a life sentence without parole for operating ’the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the …

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